Meniscus tissue engineering using a novel combination of electrospun scaffolds and human meniscus cells embedded within an extracellular matrix hydrogel

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 572-583

  Baek, Jihye ^a,b   Chen, Xian ^a   Sovani, Sujata ^a   Jin, Sungho ^b   Grogan, Shawn P ^a   D'Lima, Darryl D ^a  

^a SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ECM hydrogel; electrospinning; meniscus; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE OLIGOMERIC MATRIX PROTEIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; BIOMATERIAL; HYDROGEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPINNING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MENISCI, TIBIAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925400700     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.22802     Document Type: Article

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